*UPDATE: Monday, December 17*
And the winner is ...
*UPDATE: Tuesday, November 6*
Voting
First, we asked you to share your story, now it's time to Vote for your Kidney Idol
The entry deadline for stories was November 6, but you can still help choose the Kidney Idol by coming back to vote each day from December 3 until December 10.
How it works

Tell us about your Kidney Idol
Tell us in 250 words or less your uplifting, heartwarming and inspiring true story about someone in the chronic kidney disease or dialysis community who makes a difference to those around them. Nominate a kidney disease or dialysis patient, a caregiver, friend, spouse, health care professional* or anyone — it could even be you!

Vote
You help decide who's the Kidney Idol Four finalists will be chosen from all of the entries and posted at DaVita.com. The winner of the cruise will be the finalist who receives the most votes from DaVita.com visitors. You help choose the winner by voting for your favorite!

About the cruise
What's included:
- 7-day, 6-night cruise for 2 aboard Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas cruise to the Alaska or Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas cruise to the Caribbean
- Cruise for Alaska leaves 6/14/2008. Cruise for Caribbean leaves 6/14/2008. (Cruise donated by Dialysis at Sea®)
- Roundtrip airfare from closest major airport from winner’s home to departing port (For Alaska: Vancouver, Canada or for Caribbean: Miami, Florida.)
- Hotel for one night before the cruise (Hotel donated by DaVita Patient Citizens)
- Ground transportation from the airport to the hotel, then hotel to the port and the port to the airport
We would like to thank our sponsors who helped make this contest possible. Please support our sponsors.


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